History fans wanted for new project

Northumberland Archives is looking for volunteers with a passion for history to log records digitally as part of a new initiative, Reading Room.
The project, in partnership with FamilySearch.org, aims to make browsing parish registers easier and more accessible for the public.
Currently 60 per cent of indexes have been processed for the county, but Northumberland Archives, based at Woodhorn in Ashington, is looking for volunteers to complete the remaining 40 per cent.
Volunteers with an interest in family ancestry and historic records are being asked to select information from marriage,... read more

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The project, in partnership with FamilySearch.org, aims to make browsing parish registers easier and more...

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